India's 'vaccine war' and space exploration program were the highlights of Day 1 of the Chandigarh Science Congress. India's success in vaccine production and its space missions were discussed by experts. The event will continue for three days.
Vivek Agnihotri received praise for his film The Vaccine War depicting the development of the Covaxin vaccine. Sudha Murty called it a ‘heart-touching’ tale.
Mumbai's rollout of the intranasal Covid-19 vaccine saw a low response on the first day with only 23 senior citizens taking the booster dose. The vaccine, iNCOVACC by Bharat Biotech, will be administered to those above the age of 60 and eligible six months after their second dose of either Covishield or Covaxin. The state health department recently procured 2 lakh doses, of which BMC procured around 2,000 doses. The vaccine will be given through spot registration at 24 centres across Mumbai.
PMC health officials since April 1 ran out of vaccine stock and were waiting for the vaccine supply. The civic body this week received 512 doses of the nasal vaccine iNCOVACC
The state reported 179 fresh cases on Wednesday. The daily new cases have been declining since April 22 when the state reported the month’s highest single-day spike of 198 infections